Improvement in dumping oaets and wagons



No. 80,669. PATENTBD AUG. 4, 186s. W. W. ROGBRS.- DUMPING CART AND WAGON.

fm a@- WILLIAM W. ROGERS, OF HAMPDEN CORNER, MAINE.

Laminaat 1n. 89,669, dmdaagm 4, 1868.'

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uTO ALLWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it lrnown that I, WILLIAM W. ROGERS, of Hampden Corner, inA the county.of P euobscohfand State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping'arts .and Wagonpandl do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description' thereof,"w hich nillenable others skilled in'the'ar't to make and use'the same, reference being 'had to the a'ccompanyingdrarrin'gs, forming partof this specification, inwhich- .f. Y f

Figure lis a vertical longitudinal sectionotf a cart to` which z n'y improvementhas been attached'.

Figure 2 is a rear' view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like partis. v

My invention has for itsobject to furnish :animproved device, by means of- Which thetail-bo'ards of dumpingcarts and wagons may bemade-self-operating, thatA is Ato say, so that the tai-boajrd'will be raised automatically, as the cart or wagon-body is tipped up toA dump the load, and will dop'baok into place andfasten itself, as the -said body is again raised into a'horizontal position. i f Y It consists in the 'construction and combination of parts, by means of .which lthe tail-board of the cartl or wagon is operated lautoimttically,'as the bodyof .said cart or wagon. is tipped .upin dump theload as hereim after more fully described.

Aare the wheels, B is the axle, C are the shafts, and D is the body of .the cart, about the construction of which parts there is nothingnew.' v' i E is the tail-board, which is hinged toa strong bar or'rod, passing throughl and secured to the upper projecting ends of the rearpo'sts of 'the cart-body, or which is'secured to othersnbstan'tial supports.

To the lower part of the tail-board E, near its' ends, areattached spring-boltsGr, consisting ci' a boltplaced in a case or cap, and held out by a coiled spring placed in said case,and pressing against 'the upper end of said. bolt, as shown in iig. 1 The inner sides of. thefloiver endsA of the bolts are bevelled a', so that', as 'th tail-board E drops into place, the said bolts muy be pushed back by striking against .catches attached to the 'rear'e'nd o i the bottom of the body D Vcti-the cart, causing the said tail-board to fasten itself.

To the spring-"bolts Gareettached eye-bolts 4or staples, which pass o ut. through slots in the rear s'ide lof the bolt-cap,-'and to whicliare attached the ends of the cords or chainsH. 'l v ,I l v The cords or chains-II `pass yove`1 n`1lley|s I, secured to the .upper rear cornerlof the sides of the body D, and their other ends. are attached to the uppcrpartsof the lstakesJ, as shown in iig. 1 Y i By this arrangement, as the cart-body is tipped up to dump the loud, the cords or chains H, as the rear end or tail-of the cart-body D descends-,draw up the spring-blts G'from their catchesin'to their caps, unfast; ening the tail-boards, and, asthe'rearend of the body D continues to descend, the cordsorf'chns Hhold the said tail-board suspended and out of the way.

l tail-board E to dropdown to itsplace, fasteningitseli'.

The stakes Jaz-'e strengthenedagainst the draught-strain of thecords or chainslLby th'e brace-rods K,`the

As the body D is againraised into a horizontal position, the cords or chainsH are slackene'd,';=allowing the I upper ends of which arel secured to the said stakes-J, andthe lower ends of Awhich are secured to the ends'.of 'the cross-bar L, placed beneath and secured to the ,rear 'parts of the shafts' C', as shown in dotted'lines i ng. 1

Having thus described my invention, I claiuilas new, and desire tosec'ure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the spring-bolts G, cords or'chains H, and pulleys I, with thehinged tail-beard E,

stakes'J, and-.body D 'of the cart or wagon, substantially as herein slrou'n and described, and for the purpose.

set forth.v 1

2.-' The combination of the brace-rods K and cross-bar Lfwithfthe s takes'J and shafts C, substantially as herein shown and described, and for'ftbe purpose set forth.' I, i WILLIAM W. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

A. K. ALLEN, ,Hmm SrLvEsTEn. 

